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Refitting the north-east section with porches on each side which had upper levels, and bays in front. From this section a large wing was added spanning south-east (demolished c. 1850), and a small wall was built connecting the wing to the north-east section of the gate house, which effectively
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Nicholas Beaupré married
Margaret Fodringaye, one of the three daughters and heiresses of Thomas Fodringaye (son of Gerrard Fodringaye) by his wife Elizabeth Dorward, sister and heiress of John Dorward and daughter of William Dorward of Bocking, Essex. One of Margaret's sisters was Christiana
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Nicholas Beaupré and his wife Margaret Fodringey. A number of successive enlargements in the end consisted of over thirty interior rooms. The Hall, emerging from the South-West end, stretched North-East, with an additional wing
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Center right frame: Quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: Beaupré quartering St Omer; 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: Fotheringhay quartering
Lyndsey; 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: quarterly of 6: 1:Dorewod; 2:Coggeshall; 3:Harske/Harsick;
763:. From this point, the Hall fell into a state of further disrepair until its demolition in 1966. During the 1950s, the grounds of the hall and the barrack huts that had been erected by the RAF were used to house students on the 'Holidays With Pay' scheme run by the government. In the book,
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Generations later the Hall was in the possession of
Edmonde Beaupré. After his death in 1567 leaving no male heirs, the hall succeeded to Sir Robert Bell, by virtue of marriage to Edmonde's daughter Dorothie in 1559; whereby his Beaupré line became extinct.
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Around 1570, the south west end of the Gate House was fitted with a new building that connected a gated section of wall to the south-west wing, making another courtyard. This wing spanned north-west to the main block, and from the main block extended the
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The Arms as they appeared on the left or north-west side of the mantelpiece featured the Arms borne by Bell. A Jacobean style pillar, separated this coat and arch from the other where appeared the quartered and impaled Arms of
Beaupre: From the
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was added c. 1530, and placed in front of the entry facing South-East. This structure was built upon an old model, probably by
Edmonde Beaupré during the time of his marriage with Margaret the daughter of Sir John Wiseman, servant to the 15th
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Edward Deacon, The descent of the family of Deacon of
Elstowe and London, with some genealogical, biographical and topographical notes, and sketches of allied families including Reynes of Clifton, and Meres of Kirton, p.18
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impaling, quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: Fotheringhay quartering
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style paneling with a pair of trimmed arches that were encased and separated by ornate columns, directly above the center of the marble arch frame. Each trimmed arch panel displayed a heraldic relief carving:
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The matrimonial landmarks of the family are recorded in beautiful heraldic glass panels that date from 1570. The Beaupré panels are slightly larger and older than the Bell panels; throughout the
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branching out North-West, at an angle to make a chapel. These structures date from the early 16th century and had corners that were fortified with semi-
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Christian, daughter and coheir of Thomas de St Omer, married John, the great-great-grandson of one
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fireplace, which had a marble frame and carved wood overmantel that enclosed the fireplace from the floor to the ceiling and had early
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The entry had four-centred arches connected to four towers built mostly of brick with stone dressings and upper caps made of
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The Gate House was built around 1525, and was rebuilt and fortified until the time of Edmonde Bell.
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was a large 16th-century house mainly of brick, which was built by the
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The following coats occur and have been blazoned accordingly:
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Worsley, G., England's Lost Houses, Aurum Press Limited, 2002
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who had lampooned the people of Norfolk during the reign of
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703:4:Coggeshall; 5:Harske/Harsick; 6:Dorewod;
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692:Detail of 2nd & 3rd grand quarters
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493:Arma Willi(el)m(i) Coggeshall Militis
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283:a fess between six cross-crosslets
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894:Sussex Archaeological Collections
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343:Construction and architecture
83:Medieval, Turreted Gate house
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351:Beaupré Hall in 1884–85
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303:dicte quoque Beaupré
187:stone and slate roof
139:52.61720°N 0.23343°E
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356:Phase I (1500–1530)
224:History of the Hall
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67:General information
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171:Demolished
127:52°37′02″N
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898:pp. 36-55
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642:in 1371.
624:(Meeres).
612:(St Omer)
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407:linenfold
371:gatehouse
311:Mountfort
264:King John
163:Renovated
155:Completed
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478:mantling
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1092:Foss,
1081:Kirton
993:London
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430:ashlar
397:chapel
230:Norman
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782:Notes
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